Issue 130: La Petite Fleur Frock
Kits will be available after June 2
Issue 129: French Finery Spring Coat, Bonnet, & Purse
We've been deluged with requests for full kits and have re-ordered supplies.. Spechler Vogel cotton lined pique, Sheen Sateen, & Cashmere flannel arriving soon. DMC 50wt. Broder machine thread, skeins of green Floche ($10.00 ea.) required for machine feather stitching, & stabilizers (including difficult to locate Sol-u-Web & German interfacing) are still in stock.
Issue 124: La Petite Jardin Daygown
Full kit with pattern is $85.00; includes fabric, laces, needles, thread (for lacework), and stabilizers.
Issue 123: Dainty Heirloom Diaper Set
Full kit with pattern is $50.00; includes fabric, lace, elastic, needles, thread (for lacework), and stabilizers.
Well the magazine has been out for less than a week and
I've decided you loyal readers deserve some more info, plus a free smocking
plate. A list of the smocking plates featured in my article follows.
Since Strawberry Field is not in print, I'm including it below as my gift to
you. Apple Annie for Dolls may be purchased as an emailed file ($1.50 via Paypal or personal check only); please note that purchased files may not be
shared or copied.
Photo Page 24: All Original Plates by Debbie Glenn
Royal check jumper- Love and Stitches
#152 Toddler Time smocked with "Little red schoolhouse" included in pattern
Black micro check dress- Love and Stitches #559 Dolly Yoke Dress smocked with
"Apple Annie"
White pique bubble- Love and Stitches #52 Baby Basics ruffle added, smocked
with "Cherries Jubilee"
Print jumper navy insert- Love and Stitches #255 Jazzy Jumper smocked with
"Strawberry Fields"
Photo Page 25
1. "The Carrot Patch" by Creative Keepsakes
2. " " by Gwen Milner
3. "Berry Good" by Debbie Glenn, included in Love and Stitches #560 Pinafores &
Pantalettes
4. "Strawberry Fields" by Debbie Glenn.
5. "Apple Annie" by Debbie Glenn
6. "Cherry Tarts" by Debbie Glenn, included in Love and Stitches #151 Toddler
Yoke Dresses
7. "Cherries Jubilee" by Debbie Glenn, Sew Beautiful Summer 1997
8. "Little Red Schoolhouse" by Debbie Glenn, included in Love and Stitches #152 Toddler Time
Strawberry Fields
© 2006 Debbie Glenn
Smocked design covers 186 pleats on 11 rows.
Strawberry vine requires 132 pleats, 27 pleats were left unsmocked on each end
on
Love and Stitches #255 "Jazzy Jumper" model garment. Use three strands of floss
for borders, 4 strands for figures, 2 strands for vines.
Floss Colors used DMC: 321,991, 3816, white, 743, 975
1. Back smock rows 2-10
2. Picot Borders
Upper border-
to center begin 1 pleats to left of center valley on row 1 with an UP cable.
Cable to end of pleated piece using white floss. Turn pleated piece upside
down, complete cable row.
Cable 3 (up, down, up) beginning 2 pleats to left of center valley on row
1-1/4.
Skip 2 pleats, repeat working sets of 3 mirror image cables below cable row 1 as
shown.
Lower border - mirror image of upper border worked between row 10-3/4 and 11.
3. Strawberries
Large Left Berry-
Count 28 pleats to left of center valley on row 8-1/2. Cable 15 using red
floss beginning with an up cable.
Stack up to complete, noting color change at cap (2 strands light green, 2
strands dark green).
Large Right Berry-
Begin 10 pleats to right of center valley on row 8-1/2. Cable 15, beginning
with UP cable, using red floss;
complete as above.
Small Left Berry-
Count 11 pleats to left of center valley on row 3-1/2. Using red floss, cable
5 beginning with a DOWN cable.
Stack down to complete noting color change to white for highlight. Caps are 3
lazy daisies using 4 strands dark green floss.
Small Right Berry-
Begin 7 pleats to right of center valley on row 4-1/4. Cable 5 beginning with
a down cable, stack down and
complete as above.
4. Flowers and Leaves
Left- Count 58 pleats to L of center valley on row
8-1/2. Cable 9 using dark green floss, beginning with an UP cable.
Stack up to complete, using white for petals, yellow for center. Add 2 strand
yellow straight stitches to center of each petal.
Right- Begin 49 pleats to right of center valley on row
8-1/2. Cable 9, beginning with an Up cable, using green floss.
Stack as above to complete.
5. Stems
Are a series of outline/stem and spool stitches
(satin stitch over a single pleat) using 4 strands dark green floss.
Work several straight stitches of decreasing length (5 on large berries; 3 on
small berries) at end of each stem. See graph for placement.
6. Vines
Work outline/stem stitch using 2 strand brown floss. See graph for placement.
7. Details
Seeds are 2 strand single wrap white French knots, see graph for placement
Issue 107: Sweet Innocence
Please note Love
and Stitches #51 "Circa 1930 Tucked Baby Frock" will not be available until Jan
2007 (see explanation issue 105).
Kits will be available at that time.
Please note Butterfly Kisses Daygown should be
listed as
Love and Stitches #144, not #145 which is the "Precious Peeps Crib
Set". Currently Butterfly Kisses is only
available in one size as a kit (white satin
batiste, blue & pink silk ribbon, floche, beads, and full sized
pattern
infant 8 to 15 lbs. with instructions).
My pattern grader was working on additional sizes so it could be
released as Love and Stitches pattern #144 in sizes 6mo-24 mo... but
lost her
home during Katrina and things are still behind schedule (a Fall 2006
release
is expected). I apologize for the
confusion. Cost for full kit is $45
including shipping. Call (803-642-1852) or email (please include
your full name, snail mail
address -street number required with
PO boxes, and VISA or MC credit card info including expiration
date) to reserve your kit today.
Happy Stitching!
Debbie
Issue 98: Precious in Pink Layette
Each petite blush pink linen confection is
trimmed with softly gathered French lace.
Dainty embroidered floral garlands add handmade charm and the classic
look of yesterday to this precious layette. Whether you make these
frilly
feminine coordinates for a special little girl who’s already arrived or
to be
stored in grandmother’s hope chest in anticipation, some darling angel
is sure
to look absolutely precious in her pink layette!
Please
note an error has been found on the scalloped yoke daygown overlay
printed on the issue
#98
Sew Beautiful
pullout… somehow during transition from my hand drawn pattern to the
computer
drawing the scale was enlarged by 11%.
The printed overlay is therefore to long (9 5/16” vs the
original 8
1/4"). You may use the original
overlay which I have included in pattern #146, or you can reduce the
pullout
overlay to 88%. I sincerely apologize
for this error and thanks to the reader who brought it to my attention
